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How to hang an outside light on Stucco?
I want to hang two outside lights. The exterior is stucco, wrapped with chicken wire, and behind that foam. I am new to the southwest area, and want to ask other ELECTRICIANS what they use to hang outside lights? Is it simply you use round old work boxes for stucco outside lighting?
Answer: I'm a electricain and we use a round metal box, aka pancake box. Its a shallow box and it fits prefect in stucco, siding, drywall etc. Just stub your wire out through the stucco, trace the pancake box circle to the stucco, pound out the stucco useing a flat screwdriver (go slow and easy stucco is hard to work with) and then just use screws to fasten it to the wall.
